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отлъ́чване — meaning in English

otlachvane

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English meaning

  • excommunication noun The formal act of expelling someone from membership in a church, especially the Catholic church.
  • ostracism noun In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.

Senses

отлъ́чване is used for these senses in English:

  • excommunication The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
  • ostracism Temporary exclusion from a community or society.

ostracism — full definition

  1. noun In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
  2. noun Banishment by some general consent.
  3. noun Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
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